Copyeditor

When I first heard the song that you hear playing in the background during college, I was blown away. Two women. Two acoustic guitars. That's IT! Telling us to reach higher. I have loved the Indigo Girls ever since, a group who have played a critical role in my development. Hold on to these lyrics from the Indigo Girls if you are a copyeditor. As a copyeditor, you are basically working on the mechanics, the written grammars. You are changing and editing words. Do not see yourself as performing a mundane, mechanical, or secretarial task. You have people's words in your hands. Bring those words "closer to fine"-- NOT perfection--- and let the words convey what your colleagues mean and who they are.

Your Tasks

You will have anywhere from 1-2 copy editors. It all depends on your group size.

Copyediting will be a burdensome and extensive task. Each webpage must be copyedited.

Divide up the webpages with your other copyeditors.

Make sure each member of the group emails you when they are done and ready for their page to be copyedited. Any webpage that you did not copyedit (if it was done too late), please let Professor Carmen know.

Check in with one another and with the teaching assistant to inform people when you have made progress and completed your work as copyeditor.